Best PlacesHonea, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Honea, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Honea ranks 8,458th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Honea
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Honea's strengths and weaknesses
Where Honea ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
Where Honea ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute39.6 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Honea
A household needs to earn about $115,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Honea home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,145, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Honea's effective rate of 0.81%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Honea
Honea runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Honea.
Who works in Honea, and how
Work in Honea centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Honea
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Honea.
What the weather is like in Honea, month by month
Honea sees roughly 102 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 50° | 41° |
| April | 80° | 68° | 57° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Honea
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 40 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.3 million passengers in 2025, with 214 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Honea
Schools across Honea average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- New Waverly ElA− · 58% proficient
- Lincoln ElB · 50% proficient
- Montgomery ElB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Texas Online Preparatory MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Montgomery H SA− · 60% proficient
- Texas Online Preparatory H SB+ · 57% proficient
- New Waverly H SC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Honea school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Honea measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Honea against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Honea
Is Honea a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Honea ranks 8,458th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, tree cover, and low taxes, and lowest on air quality and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Honea expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $439,051. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $93,145 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Honea safe?
Yes, Honea is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $301 per resident a year.
Compare Honea with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Honea. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Honea represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Honea detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Honea: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Honea: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Honea: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Honea: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Honea detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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